Monday 2/19: Read Gen 6: 5-6 and 9: 8-17Question: How many times today do you hear a unique news item about a violent human encounter? (murder, armed robbery, rape, shot, killed, etc.) How many times do you hear a “good news” story?Pray: O Lord, have mercy. My grief is great, my heart is heavy. Lord, have mercy. Bless me that I may be a bearer of good news for your people. In Christ, I pray. Amen.

Tuesday 2/20:Read Gen 6: 5-6 and 9:8-17Make a peace jar. For every time you hear or say the words, “kill,” “shoot,” or related words of violence, even as a joke – ‘you kill me, you’re so funny,’ – deposit a quarter. Do this throughout Lent.Pray: O Lord, have mercy. My grief is great, my heart is heavy. Lord, have mercy. Bless me that I may be a bearer of good news for your people. In Christ, I pray. Amen.

Wednesday am 2:21: Read Ps 25: 1-10Question: Do you remember a “sin of your youth?” Confess it to God. Write it down. Tear up the paper into as many pieces as possible and throw it away. Reread verse 7 and say aloud, “O my God, in you I trust.”Pray: God of love, grant me a teachable spirit. Help me follow your path of steadfast love and faithfulness.

Wednesday pm 2:21:Read Ps 25: 1-10Question: Who are your “enemies?” Are they flesh and blood or disease, aging, personal struggles, your own self-talk? All of this or something else entirely? Name your enemies.Pray: God of love, do not let my enemies exult over me. Grant me a teachable spirit. Help me follow your path of steadfast love and faithfulness.

Thursday 2/22:Read 1 Peter 3: 18-22Tell someone what you know or remember about you baptism. Wonder together why it matters today that you were baptized.Pray: God of the waters, thank you for delivering me through the flood.

Friday 2/23:Read Mark 1:9-15Who are those around you that call you “beloved?” Call, text, or write them a brief note to tell them you love them.Pray: God in heaven, may I become your voice for someone who needs to hear the words, “you are loved.”Come to worship the God of love at “Gospel @ The Rock.”

Saturday 2:24: Read Mark 1:9-15Share good news of any kind with 3 people today.Pray: Bless me that I may be a bearer of good news.​Sunday 2:25: Come to worship the God of Love at Sanctuary Worship.